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SUMMARY:Woostapreneurs Forum - May 9\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Massachusetts SBA Office and Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce are organizing for the third year\, an educational business event in observance of National Small Business Week.\n\nThe Woostapreneurs Forum intends to connect Greater Worcester to the entrepreneurship ecosystem and business resource providers in central Massachusetts. The conference is designed for existing business owners\, budding entrepreneurs\, veteran entrepreneurs\, millennial entrepreneurs\, women-owned businesses\, and other underserved entrepreneurs in search of business help. There will be a panel of business success stories\, a resource panel discussion\, as well as a keynote speaker and the opportunity for attendees to network with resource partners and supporters to learn more about the services they offer.\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend: New Businesses I Immigrant Entrepreneurs I Women-Owned I Minority-Owned I Veteran-Owned I Millennial-Owned I Budding Entrepreneurs\n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n7:30 - 8:00      Registration/Networking/Continental Breakfast \n\n8:00 ? 8:30     Welcoming Remarks\, Blue Lounge\n\n8:30 - 9:20      Panel on Success Stories\, Blue Lounge\n\n\n	Paul Wengender\, Founder\, Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company\n	Susan Mailman\, President\, Coghlin Electrical Contractors\, Inc.\n	Chizoma Nosike\, President\, Acclaim Home Health Care\, Inc.\n	Liliana Radke\, Unic-Pro\n	Facilitator: Amy Whitney\, Director of I&E\, Clark University\n\n  9:20 ? 9:30     Break\n\n9:30 - 10:00    Roundtable Discussions\, Blue Lounge\n\n                        1 Finance: Micro financing\n\n                        2 Finance: Traditional lending\n\n                        3 Finance: Crowdsourcing\n\n                        4 Marketing: Social Media\n\n                        5 Marketing: Traditional\n\n                        6 Legal: Formation\n\n                        7 Legal: Mature Business Needs\n\n                        8 Doing Business with Federal Gov't\n\n                        9 Starting a Business in Worcester\n\n                        10 Human Resources\n\n                        11 Building your Network\n\n                        12 Health Insurance\n\n                        13 Business Insurance Needs\n\n                        14 Social Entrepreneurship\n\n                        15 Cooperatives and Employee Ownership\n\n10:00 ? 11:00 Networking with Supporters & Area Resources\, North/South Room\n\n11:00 ? 11:15 Break\n\n11:15 - 11:50 Keynote Speaker: Satya Mitra\, President & Owner\, The Tax Guru & Financial Services\n\n11:50 - 12:00  Closing Remarks\, Blue Lounge\n\nCo-sponsorship Authorization No: 18-0101-02. Participation in this co-sponsored activity is not an endorsement of the views\, opinions\, products or services of any co-sponsor or other person or entity. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p benton="" helvetica="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(102\, 106\, 115)\; font-family:\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="padding-top: 0px\;"><span style="padding-top: 0px\;"><span style="padding-top: 0px\;">The Massachusetts SBA Office and&nbsp\;</span>Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce</span>&nbsp\;are organizing for the third year\,&nbsp\;an educational business event in observance of National Small Business Week.</span></span></p>\n\n<p benton="" helvetica="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 10px 0px 0px\; color: rgb(102\, 106\, 115)\; font-family:\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="padding-top: 0px\;"><span style="padding-top: 0px\;">The <strong>Woostapreneurs Forum</strong>&nbsp\;intends to connect Greater Worcester to the entrepreneurship ecosystem and business resource providers in central Massachusetts. The conference is designed for existing business owners\, budding entrepreneurs\, veteran entrepreneurs\, millennial entrepreneurs\, women-owned businesses\, and other underserved entrepreneurs in search of business help.&nbsp\;</span>There will be a panel of business success stories\, a resource panel discussion\, as well as a keynote speaker and the opportunity for attendees to network with resource partners and supporters to learn more about the services they offer.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Who Should Attend: </strong>New Businesses I Immigrant Entrepreneurs I Women-Owned I Minority-Owned I Veteran-Owned I Millennial-Owned I Budding Entrepreneurs<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Schedule: </strong><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">7:30 - 8:00 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Registration/Networking/Continental Breakfast </span><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">8:00 ? 8:30 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Welcoming Remarks\, Blue Lounge</span><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">8:30 - 9:20 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Panel on Success Stories\, Blue Lounge</span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Paul Wengender\, Founder\, Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Susan Mailman\, President\, Coghlin Electrical Contractors\, Inc.</span></span></li>\n	<li>Chizoma Nosike\, President\, Acclaim Home Health Care\, Inc.</li>\n	<li>Liliana Radke\, Unic-Pro</li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Facilitator: Amy Whitney\, Director of I&amp\;E\, Clark University</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n&#8203\;<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">&#8203\;9:20 ? 9:30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Break</span></span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">9:30 - 10:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Roundtable Discussions\, Blue Lounge</span><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">1 Finance: Micro financing</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">2 Finance: Traditional lending</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">3 Finance:&nbsp\;Crowdsourcing</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">4 Marketing: Social Media</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">5 Marketing: Traditional</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">6 Legal: Formation</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">7 Legal: Mature Business Needs</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">8 Doing Business with Federal&nbsp\;Gov&#39\;t</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">9 Starting a Business in Worcester</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">10 Human Resources</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">11 Building your Network</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">12 Health Insurance</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">13 Business Insurance Needs</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">14 Social Entrepreneurship</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\;"><span style="font-family: arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">15 Cooperatives&nbsp\;and Employee Ownership</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">10:00 ? 11:00 Networking with Supporters &amp\; Area Resources</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">\, North/South Room</span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">11:00 ? 11:15 Break</span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">11:15 - 11:50 Keynote Speaker: </span>Satya<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;"> Mitra\, President &amp\; Owner\, </span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">The&nbsp\;</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.53px\;">Tax</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.53px\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Guru &amp\; Financial Services</span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">11:50 - 12:00&nbsp\; Closing Remarks\, Blue Lounge</span>\n\n<p><span style="font-size: 11px\;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: times new roman\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Co-sponsorship Authorization No: </span><span style="color: rgb(31\, 73\, 125)\;">18-0101-02</span><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">. Participation in this co-sponsored activity is not an endorsement of the views\, opinions\, products or services of any co-sponsor or other person or entity. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.&nbsp\;</span></span></em></strong></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Worcester State University Student Center Blue Lounge (# 12 on the campus map) Worcester\, MA 01602 Parking Permit required.
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